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Page 154 - ... citizen of the United States, it can be done, for the reason that he is docile, obliging, appreciative of favors, and, best of all, possesses an inbred courtesy and politeness, and an equability of temperament, which permit him to readily absorb new ideas.
Page 147 - So they live, without expense and with little tenderness bestowed on them in the shape of material comforts, though the mother's kiss is often given, and the father pats the little head. They soon toddle, at the command of the mother, to do small errands, to help weed the garden, to bring in a handful of wood for the fire, to dig the tubers for a meager meal, and lastly to hold up their tiny hands and, with pleading eyes, gain a copper from the passer-by on the roadside. They are a good investment...
Page 147 - ... soon toddle, at the command of the mother, to do small errands, to help weed the garden, to bring in a handful of wood for the fire, to dig the tubers for a meager meal, and lastly to hold up their tiny hands and, with pleading eyes, gain a copper from the passer-by on the roadside. They are a good investment in the family; the majority of them die at an early age, and it costs but a few strained hours to the mother's heart, a bit of cloth for a shroud, and the energy needed to carry the tiny...
Page 170 - The principal house portion of the town consists of wellconstructed — so far as the walls go — double-storied buildings, with now and then one rising to three floors. In the more squalid portions of the city (one can walk all over the town in an hour), the houses are but a story high, and in a single room an entire family — and more — eke out an existence in the semi-darkness of the onewindowed, illy-ventilated apartment.
Page 169 - San Juan San Juan, as the seat of the island government, has always been the leading city in population, and also as regards the congested condition of its populace. It boasts — naturally, as the past home of the Spanish Governor-General — the...
Page 169 - ... for general local improvements than in any other city. It has undoubtedly the best harbor on the island, in that it is completely landlocked, though at present it is sadly in need of dredging so that ships may have sufficient depth of water and room to maneuver in the basin.
Page 147 - Domestic economy is a fitting term, since it costs nothing to supply the air of day for the lungs of these little waifs, and it costs nothing for their clothes, for they run about in the sunshine and the rain just as God made them, and sleep in odd corners without cover, for the first half-dozen years of their baby lives, while, when older, a single discarded, tattered garment adds to their natural grace the shield of decency. So they live, without expense, and with little tenderness bestowed upon...
Page 147 - ... them in the shape of material comforts, though the mother's kiss is often given, and the father pats the little head. They soon toddle, at the command of the mother, to do small errands, to help weed the garden, to bring in a handful of wood for the fire, to dig the tubers for a meager meal, and lastly to hold up their tiny hands and, with pleading eyes, gain a copper from the passer-by on the roadside. They are a good investment in the family; the majority of them die at an early age, and it...